BERLIN (Reuters) - Boeing has teamed up with 10 German firms as part of its bid to win a 4 billion euro ($4.9 billion) heavy-lift helicopter contract from Berlin, the U.S. company said on Wednesday.

The US Army has awarded the Boeing Company a contract worth nearly $900 million for 60 CH-47F Block II cargo helicopters for Germany, under a foreign military sales agreement. The new helicopters will ...